Please respond if you've NOT had a 1200GS/GSA fuel pump controller failure

[Den]

Someone phone that bloke on Watchdog (BBC).
They love these type of things.

They had an issue with a car's bonnet catch. I think it was Renault (not sure).
Company denied any design fault, but replaced them all ..... if I remember right.

 

[Beeman]

2006 gsa
18500 miles
all year round
used daily

 

[looney]

1st bike (totalled in a crash 2.5 years ago):
2004 GS
32'000km
all weather, all year round with pauses up to 2 months in winter

2nd bike:
2007 GS
25'000km
all weather, all year round

 

[bustupbiker]

No failures yet but carry spares just in case.. 05 from new used all year round
but does live in a garage. Now if you ask about G/B oil seals and FD's thats a different story

 

[RickG]

2006gs
all weathers
all year
20,000mile

 

[Shep]

04 1200GS - 18000mls the controller was probably the only thing that didnt fail
05 1200GS - 12000mls no failure
061200GSA - 27,000mls no failure (though it was changed by the dealer to try and fix another niggle)


All this seems a bit odd, seeing as BWM have issued a recall on these parts anyway at least on some bikes

Shep

 

[Dave Williamson]

1200 GSA fuel pump

Sept 07 1200GSA
6000 miles
Just by chance it has been used in mostly dry conditions except one weekend in Wales when the rain was stair rods.
Was stored for a long period during winter to avoid salt.

Dave W

 

[Tim Cullis]

Camel_landy

Seeing as you started the thread and posed the questions, what sort of analysis are you planning to do with these posts now you have 89 positive responses?

(At least I counted them for you. )

Do you think the response is representative?

And do you think the statistics you've gained on weather conditions or length of bike storage are in any way meaningful?

Tim

 

[Brian ROSEN]

"...what sort of analysis are you planning to do with these posts now you have 89 positive responses?..." Why bother! It is interesting to read but any analysis will be flawed for countless reasons. All the statistics will have been fed to BMW from the dealers - and you can be quite sure that their analysis would be quiite different from 'ours.'
It is the way in which these flaws on new models are handled by the individual dealers and the time that it takes to sort them out that is really important. Whatever complaints I have had in 30 years of BM's I have always felt that I have had fair treatment from the dealers I have used and major problems have been avoided.

 

[Dahoum]

All the statistics will have been fed to BMW from the dealers - and you can be quite sure that their analysis would be quiite different from 'ours.'

Which is pretty much what I said at the start.

I dont believe camel-landy said he was doing anything with the info Tim.

He said his thread had been started as a balance to yours which is being modded by you to disallow any response other than failures.

 

[Bertie]

People are naturally more vocal when things go wrong....

Chris Burton
2005 1200GS
15,000 miles
All over Europe in all weathers, two years running, rest of the time, when I'm not at work/when my back's not playing up!

 

[Mikey]

05 GS 20k in a year no probs.

swopped for

56 plate GSA 14K all weather, not stored in the winter no probs ( that really is tempting fate.)

 

[Brian ROSEN]

Please -get it right! "TOO Many Women Not Enough Time....................But I Am Trying"

 

[Mikey]

Please -get it right! "TOO Many Women Not Enough Time....................But I Am Trying"

 

[spock]

05r1200gs,28k,no problemo.
would a poll have been a lot easier,yes or no,click one or other

 

[ktmmark]

all ok

mark ward
march 2005
20.000
used all year round first 2 years
more in summer this year

 

[KelvinG]

07 GSA - 4500 Miles - No probs - Summer Miles wet & dry - Garaged
08 GSA - 185 Miles - No Probs (so far)

 

[SpyInTheCamp]

June 2005 bike.
30,500 miles on the clock.
Used mostly between March and October. Mix of daily commuting and a few long trips.

Kai

ps Plenty of other things gone wrong though ...!

 

[Eric_Norman]

- 'tis I
- 1200GS 54 (november)
- 37700
- all year daily commute excluding ice and as mainy longer runs as I can
- No maximum would a 3 week stint.

No failure of this part although I do carry a spare

 

[Mysticwind]

Nov 07 GSA - 3000 miles no problems
oct 04 GS - 6000 miles again no problems
mainly summer'ish use - if that makes any difference given our current summers!